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The Akiba library has a collection of about 11,000 titles of general and Judaic interest, in both print and media. Students from preschool through grade eight regularly visit the library, with weekly classes scheduled for pre-K through fifth grade.
Akiba’s library has just stepped into a new era of automation: all books and resources have been electronically catalogued, making the library catalog accessible to Akiba families, students, faculty and staff via a new link, right from this web page!
For additional library information, or to request an item, email our librarian, Nancy Cunningham
This year we will be participating school-wide in 2 reading programs: the Texas Bluebonnet Award and Six Flags: Read to Succeed.
If you would like to volunteer or donate to the library please contact, Nancy Cunningham.
You can also donate using our online Amazon “Wish List” here.
Search the Library Catalog 
Click here to search the Akiba Catalog
Click here to search the Yavneh Catalog
Subscription Databases
Here is the list of special subscription databases available to the Akiba Community. Remember to request your password from your child’s teacher, or our librarian!
American National Biography
Features more than 18,000 biographies of deceased Americans, famous and infamous. Provides biographical information for over 19,000 people from all eras who have influenced and shaped American history and culture. Ranges in time from the earliest recorded European explorations to the very recent past. Includes the content from all 24 volumes of The American National Biography set as well as over 900 fully integrated articles from The Oxford Companion to United States History.
Bibliography Research Documentation: Diane Hacker
Samples and tutorials on writing and using citations.
Britannica Encyclopedia 
General encyclopedia plus current events, primary documents, journals and magazine articles, videos, and curriculum related web sites. Updated daily. Consists of a fully searchable and browsable collection of authoritative references, including Britannica's latest article database, hundreds of articles not found in the print Britannica, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Tenth Edition), the Britannica Book of the Year, and thousands of links to other World Wide Web sites selected by Britannica editors.
EBSCOHost 
Online access to full-text articles from a variety of magazines and journals. Information in the following areas is available. Academic Search Premier - provides full-text for more than 4700 scholarly publications.
More than 300 full text and secondary databases on all subject are available via EBSCOhost® EBSCOhost is designed to cater to various user needs and preferences at every level of research Users are able to dynamically translate EBSCOhost screens and translate HTML full-text articles into Hebrew.
GALE INFOTRAC
Books, magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias, almanacs, and other resources on all subjects. Includes full text
Oxford English Dictionary
The world’s most comprehensive English dictionary. Covers words from across the English-speaking world and offers etymological analysis, listings of variant spellings, and phonetic pronunciation.
Oxford Groves Dictionary of Art
Provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date resource on all aspects of music. Includes regular online updates of the complete text of the print edition with links to thousands of images, digital sound files and other related web sites.
Oxford Groves Dictionary of Music
Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians providing the most comprehensive and up-to-date resource on all aspects of music. Includes regular online updates of the complete text of the print edition with links to thousands of images, digital sound files and other related web sites.
Oxford Scholarship-History Module
Oxford Scholarship Online's History collection reflects the unparalleled breadth and depth of the Oxford list, encompassing work at the cusp of late antiquity and the early middle ages right through to the latter decades of the twentieth century, and ranging from the most focused regional histories to the broadest transnational studies.
ProQuest 
Current and historical state, national, and international newspapers and magazines, including: The Christian Science Monitor, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.
World Book Encyclopedia 
The general encyclopedia online with hyperlinks to relevant research sites
Meet the Librarian
Nancy Cunningham is our Akiba librarian. Please contact her if you have any questions. She is a certified librarian and has worked at The Wise Academy, Richardson ISD, and St. Marks.
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